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प्रश्न

Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences :

(a) coloured bus / children / we saw / full of / a yellow / excited /
(b) they were / we guessed / on the / planetarium / way / to the /
(c) part / this / study tour / of their / was /

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उत्तर

(a) We saw a yellow coloured bus full of excited children.
(b) We guessed they were on the way to the planetarium.
(c) This was part of their study tour.

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2014-2015 (March) All India Set 2

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